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Bureau County Sheriff

Sept. 18, 2017

DUI

Robert A. Lipka, 48, of LaSalle was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, illegal transportation of alcohol and expired registration on Route 92 near Route 34 in LaMoille at 11:36 p.m. Sept. 8.

Deer accidents

A Bureau County Sheriff's squad car driven by Michael J. Ori, 36, of Princeton was traveling southbound on 1900 East Street near 700 North Avenue, south of Tiskilwa, when a deer ran into the driver's side of the vehicle at 1:20 a.m. Sept. 11.

A vehicle driven by Terry L. Hirst, 57, of Bettendorf, Iowa, swerved to miss a deer and went into the ditch on Route 92 near 600 East Street, west of Walnut, at 10:20 p.m. Sept. 8.

A vehicle driven by Noe Quintana, 33, of Mendota struck a deer on Dalzell Road near 1400 North Avenue, south of Dalzell, at 5:59 a.m. Sept. 8.

Accident

A vehicle driven by Ronald E. Moore, 78, of Malden was backing out of a driveway in the 100 block of Spruce Street in Malden when it struck an unoccupied vehicle at 2:20 p.m. Sept. 10.